How do u animate car?

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# 1 27-03-2003 , 10:30 PM

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Hi guys, i am wondering how u are u suppose to animate a car, i know nothing about animating as i only know a little on modeling too, so i would like to know how to set the front wheels to turn and make the wheel spins and run and all that stuff, anyone can give me some info on it? thanks

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# 2 27-03-2003 , 10:54 PM

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My guess would be SDK's - setting the wheels to turn when the car is moved foward. Using dynamics could also work.

You should learn some simpler animation and modelling before you get into harder stuff.

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# 3 28-03-2003 , 04:29 AM

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oh i see, well i will try it first, thx

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# 4 28-03-2003 , 06:35 PM

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mr2turbosw20: theres was a tutorial on the A|W site that explains how you could animate a tanks tread - same technique could be applied for getting the motion of the wheels rotation v's distance travelled. cant remember the exact link, but shouldt be too hard to find

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